2006-10-07 17:32:39 · 22 answers · asked by the5500 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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2006-10-07 17:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by siopaO 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not all do, but my nephew did have a fascination with fire when he was around 12 years old. He burned the adjacent field next to where he lived and almost burned down a trailer!
-I think the mere fact that they can destroy something is fascinating to them.
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According to the website below, adolescents play with fire out of boredom:http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15794951
2006-10-08 00:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sal G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really dont know. i picked it up when i was twelve. im sixteen, and i still like to burn things. call it curiosity. i just want to see how things will burn, you know? i mean, for future reference. ive pretty much burned everything. everything from paint to rubberbands to hair to plastic and more. i also just like seeing the way the thing reacts to flames. when my parents wonder why im such a pyro, i get away with telling them that im interested in chemistry, which im not.
2006-10-08 00:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by give it to me baby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure? Maybe because they are upset on life and the best way is to burn things!
2006-10-08 00:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not just adolescense that like to burn things it's just a human fasination with something we cant control
2006-10-08 00:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was recently proven that adolescent brains lack the ability to properly reason and feel empathy. Not a fault of adolescents, it's a biological change. For that reason, parents need to step up "parenting" during those years to make sure their children make it through those formative years unscathed.
2006-10-08 00:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by Johnny O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I did that alot when I was young and silly. It was stress releif and fun to see how much you can burn without causing an emergency.
2006-10-08 00:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by happyfarah88 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not sure but I did it, I would go into the woods and start a fire, nothing big and I wasn't planning on burning down the woods or anything...I grew out of it.
2006-10-08 00:34:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm 14 and don't play with fire. Of course i'm probably more mature than some other kids. Then only time i use fire is when lighting a candle or if my parents tell me to do something with fire. Like the fireplace.
2006-10-08 00:41:46 · answer #9 · answered by I LOVE YOU! 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I remember reading that usually happens during a divorce. Anything like that going on?
2006-10-08 00:34:29 · answer #10 · answered by Never M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is because its one way to release the power of their passion
2006-10-08 00:39:19 · answer #11 · answered by dodo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋